Tag: Lebanon

Civilians carry a person at the explosion scene that hit the seaport, in Beirut Lebanon, Tuesday, Aug. 4, 2020.

National Security

‘Bomb of some kind’: Trump says deadly Beirut explosion ‘looks like a terrible attack’

Zach Halaschak · August 4, 2020 11:06 pm

Beltway Confidential

Beirut explosions: What we know so far

Tom Rogan · August 4, 2020 5:42 pm

Massive explosion rocks Beirut

Zach Halaschak · August 4, 2020 4:21 pm

Israeli soldiers stand outside a tunnel that the army says crosses from Lebanon to Israel, in Zarit, northern Israel, Monday, June 3, 2019. (The Israeli military says it has finished sealing the last of a series of Hezbollah attack tunnels under the country's northern border with Lebanon, roughly six months after they were found.)

Beltway Confidential

Why the Lebanese Hezbollah is escalating against Israel

Tom Rogan · July 27, 2020 7:28 pm

In this photo taken Tuesday, July 26, 2011, Hezbollah supporters wave the party's flags and carry pictures of Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah during a rally marking the fifth anniversary of the 2006 Israel-Hezbollah war, in Beirut's southern suburb, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Beltway Confidential

Lebanese Hezbollah’s growing crisis

Tom Rogan · July 20, 2020 6:25 pm

Beltway Confidential

Iraq’s new prime minister stands up to Kata’ib Hezbollah

Tom Rogan · July 20, 2020 5:17 pm

A Hezbollah supporter holds pictures of slain Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the assassination of Hezbollah leaders, Abbas al-Moussawi, Ragheb Harb and Imad Mughniyeh and the end of a 40-day Muslim mourning period for Soleimani, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020.

As Lebanon teeters, Pentagon says support for armed forces keeps Hezbollah at bay

Abraham Mahshie · July 16, 2020 4:01 am

Editor’s note

Washington Examiner · June 20, 2020 4:00 am

FILE- In this Tuesday, Jan. 28, 2014 file photo, a Lebanese man sits on his scooter as he speaks with his father on the balcony, in a Shiite neighborhood of a southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon. After a wave of car bomb attacks on Hezbollah's stronghold south of Beirut that left scores of people dead or wounded over the past three months, shop owners scared of more bombs have set up sand barriers in front of their institutions to reduce damage in case more blasts occur. The attacks that hit the south Beirut area known as Dahiyeh (suburb) has sacred many people in the area and increased security measures by Lebanese troops and members of the militant group.(AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

Beltway Confidential

Lebanon and Syria lurch toward implosion

Tom Rogan · June 12, 2020 8:37 pm

A Hezbollah supporter uses her mobile phone to takes a picture of slain Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani during a ceremony marking the anniversary of the assassination of Hezbollah leaders, Abbas al-Moussawi, Ragheb Harb and Imad Mughniyeh and the end of a 40-day Muslim mourning period for slain Iranian Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Soleimani, in the southern suburb of Beirut, Lebanon, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2020. Nasrallah said U.S. President Donald Trump declared war on the Middle East when the U.S. assassinated Soleimani and when the White House announced its plan to end the Palestinian-Israeli conflict. He called on all to resist U.S. influence and its troops presence.

National Security

‘Negative consequences’: Iran reacts to Germany banning Hezbollah and labeling it a terrorist group

Zach Halaschak · May 1, 2020 8:37 pm

A protester holding a flag of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group marches during a demonstration.

Germany bans Hezbollah and labels entire group a terrorist organization

Zach Halaschak · April 30, 2020 2:49 pm

A protester holding a flag of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant group marches during a demonstration.

Senior Hezbollah commander found dead with gunshot and stab wounds: Reports

Zach Halaschak · April 6, 2020 11:35 pm